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The Civil War in Art

As the Civil War approached, artists turned to landscape painting and symbolic representations to interpret the rising conflict. You survey a range of these images, from the quiet, reassuring paintings of George Henry Durrie and John Frederick Kensett to Winslow Homer's detailed and startling images from the front.

English
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Created January 21, 2012 by
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